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Figure 6-14. Registration Finished
6.6. Entitling Your System
Now that you have registered your system, it must be entitled before you can receive updated pack-
ages. In other words, you must subscribe it to a service level offering. Everyone automatically receives
one free Demo entitlement after creating an account by registering a system for RHN or creating a
redhat.com account.
To entitle a system, go to http://rhn.redhat.com and log in using the same username and password you
just used in the Red Hat Network Registration Client. Click Systems on the top navigation bar and
then Systems Entitlements in the left navigation bar. The System Entitlements page displays the
number of available entitlements, or subscriptions, at the bottom.
If you have one or more subscriptions left, make a selection from the dropdown menu under the
Entitlement column beside the name of the system you just registered. Only increases in entitlement
levels are allowed. Systems cannot be re-entitled to a lower entitlement level. For instance, a system
entitled to the Update service level can be promoted to the Management level, but this action cannot
be reversed. Then click the Update Entitlements button at the bottom of the page.
Warning
Changing a system's entitlement is an irreversible action. You may be unable to change the entitle-
ment levels of some systems. For more information, refer to the RHN entitlement policy linked from
the System Entitlements page.
The number of entitlements remaining decreases, and your system becomes ready to use the Red Hat
Update Agent and RHN website. Refer to Chapter 2 Red Hat Update Agent and Chapter 4 Red Hat
Network Website for details on how to use them. If you do not have any entitlements left, click the
Buy them now link at the top of the System Entitlements page to purchase additional subscriptions.
Chapter 6. Red Hat Network Registration Client
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